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BS 188 Anil Seth on Consciousness

Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone

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The Primary Purpose of a Brain

The primary purpose of a brain is not to solve cross words or do near a science. The ability to control movement follows from a more fundamental imperative to keep the body alive. We experience the world around us and ourselves within it with through and because of our living bodies, you cannot understand consciousness cet in light of our nature as a living system.

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